List of Azerbaijani inventions and discoveries

Azerbaijani inventions and discoveries are inventions and discoveries by Azerbaijani scientists and researchers, both locally and while working at overseas research institutes.

Mathematics

 * Fuzzy Logic. Lotfi Aliasker Zadeh (1965).

Oil industry

 * Oil in Russia. Farman Salmanov (1961).
 * Oil in India. Eyyub Taghiyev (1958)
 * Oil in Brazil. Eyyub Taghiyev (1961)
 * Offshore oil platform. Agha Aliyev (1949)

Weapons

 * Molotov cocktail. Yusif Mammadaliyev (1939-1940)
 * S-300 (Favorit). Igor Ashurbeyli
 * S-400 (Triumf). Igor Ashurbeyli
 * Tectonic weapon. Ikram Karimov (1970)
 * F-1 (nuclear reactor). Abbas Chaykhorski (1946)


 * Istiglal – a recoil-operated, semi-automatic anti-material sniper rifle.
 * Yalguzag – a bolt-action sniper rifle that fires the 7.62×51mm NATO round used by the Azerbaijani Land Forces.

Art

 * Shabaka (window) – stained glass windows made by national Azerbaijani masters, without glue or nails.

Folk music

 * Ashiqs of Azerbaijan
 * Jazz-Mugham. Vagif Mustafazadeh (1960).
 * Meykhana – literary and folk rap tradition, consisting of an unaccompanied song performed by one or more people improvising on a particular subject.
 * Mugham – folk musical composition from Azerbaijan.

Musical Instruments

 * Balaban – a cylindrical-bore, double-reed wind instrument.
 * Nagara (drum) – folk drum with double head that is played on one side with the bare hands.
 * Tar – Mirza Sadig (1870).

Language and literature

 * Persian sign language. Jabbar Asgarzadeh.
 * School for Muslim girls. Zeynalabdin Taghiyev (1904)

Foods

 * Dovga
 * Doymenj
 * Dushbara – a sort of dumplings of dough filled with ground meat and flavor.
 * Qutab – a thinly rolled dough that may be cooked briefly on a convex griddle.
 * Shekarbura – Azerbaijani dessert. There are still several of deserts and popular foods of Azerbaijan.
 * Azerbaijani pakhlava – an Azerbaijani variant of Baklava.

Sports

 * Sur-papakh – traditional equestrian sport.